concept art of my oc Valdis (she/her)! here’s some of the lore I have for her:

she was born into a group of birds who worship a queen/goddess known as Halldora. she supposedly has been living since the beginning of puffin-kind, and in order to keep her living essence, every bird part of this culture must give one egg from their first clutch to her. however, Halldora hasn’t actually been living found as long as she’s claimed to have. every time the new “Halldora” dies, the public is told she is going through a “renewing” phase in which she falls ill before reclaiming her former youth and beauty. in reality, the puffin posing as Halldora dies and is replaced by one of the hatchlings from the sacrificed clutches. Valdis was one of these hatchlings, and the previous Halldora’s successor. however, she is the first to not exactly want to go along with this plan and lie to her people…